Slipper-holder



I. 1. LECKEY.

SLIPPER HOLDER. APPLIcATIoN FILED M IGJS, 1919.

1,326,749. 'Patented De@ 30,1919.

A TTOH/VEYS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOI-IN J'. LECKEY, 0F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

Application filed August 13, 1919.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, doi-IN J. LEGKEY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of N ew York, have invented a new and Im proved Slippersl'older. of which the following is a full, clear, and eXact description.

This invent ion relates to new and useful ii'nprovenients in supporting devicesaand it pertains more particularly to a device for holding slippers, shoes and the like.

The primary object of the invention is'to provide a suitable means for retaining slippers in a predetermined place at all times when not in use.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of this character by means of which the slippers or shoes may be disengaged from the feet and engaged withthe support by the. insertion of the feet into engagement with the slipper-supporting means.

Vith the above and other objects in View, reference is had to the accompanying drawings, in which-d Figure 1k is a top plan view partly broken away; l

Fig. 2 is a side elevation showing in dotted lines, the slippers in place in the device.

Referring` more particularly to the drawings, the device comprises a body portion 5, the upper edge 6 of which is substantially straight. The lower edge 7 of the body portion is curved and depending from said lowei' edge is an integral rectangular portion S. This integral projecting portion 8 is provided with spaced perforations for the reception of suitable attaching means, such as screws or the like, and near the upper straight edge 6, the body portion 5 wise provided with a perforation for the reception of a screw 1U. Integral with the opposite sides of the body portion 5, at its upper edge, are two resilient arms 12, and these arms are bent backwardly upon the body portion and spaced therefrom as best shown in Fig. 1. The adjacent ends of each of these resilient arms 12 are brought together in contact with each other as designated by the reference character 13, and are passed through a slot 14 in the body portion 5. After the adjacent ends of the resilient arms 12 have been passed through the slot Specification of Letters Patent.

is like-V Patented Dec. 30, 1919.

Serial No. 317,228.

14, they are spread in opposite directions where their free extremities 15 are secured to the rear face of the body portion 5 by suitable means, suoli as rivets 16.

The entire device is formed from a single blank of sheet metal in order that the same may be cheaply manufactured, and as shown in Fig. 2, the resilient arms 12 in addition to being curved, are bent slightly downward in order that their free ends may pass through the slot 14, which is preferably below the upper straight edge 6 and the upper securing means 10.

The operation of the device is as follows;

The holder is preferably attached to the base-board trim of a room in the position shown in Fig. 2. When it is desired to remove theslippers from the feet, the latter are inserted, one at a time, behind the resili ent arms 12. Each of these arms 12 grips its respective slipper and holds the same with sufficient resistance to permit of the removal of the foot from the slipper, whereupon the slipper will be retained in place in the holder. If desired, the foot may be inserted into the slipper and the latter removed from its holder upon the foot of the wearer until such time as it is desired to replace the slippers in the holder.

From the foregoing, vit will be seen that the present invention provides means by which a pair of slippers may at all times when not in use, be retained in a predetermined place thus 'preventing misplacing thereof.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed as new is:

'1. A device of the character described comprising a body portion formed of sheet metal and provided with a slot, means for securing said body portion to a suitable support, and resilient arms spaced from said body portion and having their free ends passed through the slot thereof.

2. A device of the character described comprising a body portion provided with a slot, means for securing said body portion to a suitable support, and a plurality of arms spaced from said body portion and having their free ends passed through said slot, said free ends of the arms being bent in opposite directions and secured to the rear 

